Typewriting machine



. shaft 11 in frames 12, and is turned by the Patented May 3, 19 27. g

UNITED-STATES ,6Z7 ,lZ3 PAT OFFER JEssE A; B. SMITH, OF STAMFORD, connno'rrcnr, ASSIGNOR r0 unn RWoon TYPE- WRITER coMrANY; on NEW YORK, 11. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE. I

' Application filed May 2,

This invention relates to detachable devices for holding small, stiff, work-pieces in vertical typing position against the front of the platen of a typewriting machine, especially for typing along the bottom edges thereof. 1 To meet theneed of an inexpensive cardholderfor typewritingmachines that may be quickly attached, easily used, and that willgage and hold cards in correct position in the typewriting machine, I provide wardly-projecting flange on its left edge above the pro ectmg gage-tongues, to serve asa lateral left'hand gage-pin. The forks press against the feed-roll-release rod of the typewriter, and tend to cause the upper portion of the clip to revolve about the front feed-roll rod, and thereby to press against the platen, so as to hold acard securely.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a sectional view along the lines 2-2 of Figure 2, in the direction indicated bythe arrows.

Figure 2 1s a'partial front elevational view of an Underwood typewriter, showing my invention applied thereto, with a card held in operative position in the clips ready to be typed adjacent. its bottom. edge.

arranged for use at the left of the card.

The platen 10 is journaled by means of finger-wheel 13 or a linespacing mechanism 1 1. The front and rear feed-rolls16 and 18 are mounted 011 shafts 17 and 19. Shaft 17 is journaled in rocking arms 22 rotatable about the rod 20, mounted in side frames 12. The feed-roll-release shaft 21, which is rotatably mounted in the supports 23 mounted on rod 20, is used to release the feed-rolls 16and 18 by means of a link 2 1 operating on a crank 25 fastenedto the shaft 21. p

The clips 31 and 41 are duplicates, except 19 25. sen-a1 No. 27,377.

printing linewith the upper ends 3 1' and 14: 7

er. said straight portionsslightly bent forwardly away from the platen 10 to facilitate the insertion of'a card'5O between the platen1O and'the clips 31 and 11. Small,

short, integral tongues 35 and 15 are for'med out of the straight portions 32 and 42 of the clips toward the'platen 10,but may not quite touch it. These tongues serve as vertical gage-pins for the bottom edge of the card- 50, and may be so positioned with regard to the printing line'(see type 151, Figure 1) of the typewriter that a line of characters 51 can be typed parallel to and as close to the bottom edge of the card 50 as may be desired. The left clip 31 may be provided on. its left edge with the short integral inwardly-extending flange 33 positioned below and adjacent said bent upper end 3 1 to serve as a lateral gage-pin for a card to make easier and more certain the'aceurate lateral positioning of a card in the clips. To insure that the straight portions 32 and 42 of the clips will be held against the platen withthe proper tension to give good typing l results on the card 50, fork-like portions 37 war? are provided which extend downwardly from the loop-portions 36 and 46 and terminate in two prongs. Thefork like portions 37 and 47 are bent rearwardly enough, so that in operative position on the Figure 3 is a perspective View of the clip typewriting machine they bearfagai'nst the'v good typing results, and yet not too tightly to allow the card 50 to be easily and quickly put in place or removed. 7

It is expected that the card-holding clips 31 and 11 will be used mostly for typing characters along the bottom edge of the card, as illustrated by the characters 51 on new the card50 in Figure 2, and. in such case the clips Will have to be made to order to fit the cards, or vice versa, since the clips are not adjustable. However, sets of clips for several sizes of cards can be easily 'afforded, since the clips being small and simple in design may be manufactured and sold at a low price. v

It can be readily seen that the tongues 35 and 4-5 can be positioned on the clips, so that they canbe used with cards of a certain width, so as to make the characters typed on the card come one or more line-spaces above the bottom edges of the cards.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a typewrit-ing machine including a platen; a set of two clips arranged to be detachably mounted on said machine provided with vertical and lateral gage-pin means, said clips arranged for holding a card vert-ically in printing position against said platen, said gage-pin means comprising rearwardly-projecting tongues for each of said two clips, and a rearwardly-projecting flange positioned upwardly from said tongue on the left edge ofthe left one of said two clips.

2. In a typewriting machine provided with a platen; a set of card-holding clips detachably mountablejon said machine, said set of clips including resilient fingers pressing a card against the platen and vertical and lateral gages struck from the fingers, for facilitating quick and accurate positioning of the card, in writing position.

In a typewfriting machine having a platen and a front feed-roll rod; a set of clips arranged for detachable mounting on said rod for holding a card or the like vertically in printing position against said platen, said clips provlded with vertical and lateral gage-pin means for positioningthe. card or. the like quickly and accurately in said clips.

a. In a typewriting machine having a platen, a front feed-roll rod, and a feed roll-release rod; a set of flexible clips arranged fol-[detachable mounting on said front feed-roll rod and arranged for holding a card vertically in printing position against said platen, said clips having lower portions arranged for engagement with said feedaoll-release rod for causing the upper portions of said clips to be pressed against said platen, said clips provided with vertical and lateral gage-pin means.

5. In a typewriting machine having a platen and a front'ieed-roll rod; a set of two, flexible, sheet-metal,cardholding clips, each of said clips provided with an integral transverse loop-portion arranged to snap over said front feed-roll rod, and a vertical straight portion above said loop-portion arranged to press tangentially against said platen, said clips provided with vertical and lateral gage-pin means. 7

6. In a typewriting' machine provided with a platen; a set of clips detachably mountable on said machine, said set of'clips including resilient fingers pressing a card or the like against said platen, a side-gage associated with said set, and a card-gaging tongue struck from each finger at a selected point along its length, for predetermining the linespace position of the card.

7 In a typewriting machine provided with a platen anda front feed-roll rod; the

combination of a set of two clips detachably mounted on said rod, said clips arranged to hold a card or the like vertically 1n printing position against said platen, each of said clips provided with vertical gage-pin means, and the left one of said clips provided with lateral gage-pin means. i

8. In a typewriting machine having a platen, a front feed-roll rod, anda front feed-roll-release rod; a set of two flexible clips arranged with transverse loop-portions for detachable mounting on said front feedroll rod, straight portions above said loops, and downwardly-extending fork-portions below said loop-portions for engagement with said front feed-roll-release rod, each of said two clips provided with a short, integral rearwardly-extendi11g tongue, the upper ends of said straight portions bent away from saidplaten, the left one of. said two clips provided with an integral rearwardly-extending flange positioned adjacent its bent upper end portion, said clips arranged for holding a card vertically in printing position against said platen.

JESSE'A. B. SMITH. 

